December 28th, 2008

Hi All,

Today's show was an "encore presentation" of an all Texas music show featuring co-host Matt Carlson. The show originally aired back in June of 2007.

Here's the playlist...

1) The Gillette Brothers; The Rambler; Live From the Camp St. Cafe and Store

2) Lightin' Hopkins; Long Way From Texas; The Best Of...
3) Blind Lemon Jefferson; See That My Grave is Kept Clean; Anthology of Folk Music
4) Steve Earle; Jonathan's Song; Transcendental Blues (ok, Steve Earle isn't from Texas, but he really should be)

5) Gary P. Nunn; London Homesick Blues; Live...
6) Blaze Foley; If I Could Fly; Wanted More Dead Than Alive
7) Steven Fromholz; Saddest Man in Texas; A Guest in Your Heart

8) Lyle Lovett; Election Day; My Baby Don't Tolerate
9) Townes Van Zandt; To Live is To Fly; Anthology--1968-1979
10) Shake Russell; Troubles; Song on the Radio
11) Danny Santos; Snowin' on Raton; Done Gone Got Lucky

12) Pat Green; Song About Texas; Pat Green & Friends
13) Slaid Cleaves; Wishbones

Closing instrumental...

The Gillette Brothers; Bodhran & Bones; Live from the Camp St. Cafe and Store

Happy Holidays...

December 21st, 2008

Hi All,

The playlist for the 21st went like this...

1) The Yellow Room Gang; Santa Clause is Coming to Town; Happy New Day

2) Merl Haggard; White Christmas
3) Dolly Parton; Joy to the World
4) John Prine; Christmas in Prison; A John Prine Christmas

5) Lyle Lovett; South Texas Girl; It's Not Big, It's Large
6) Keb Mo; Every Morning; Keb Mo
7) Tommy Sands & Pete Seeger' Music of Healing; Where Have all the Flowers Gone (a tribute to Pete Seeger)

8) Loudon Wainwright; Suddenly It's Christmas
9) Warren Zevon; Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire
10) Emmylou Harris; Silent Night; Light of the Stable

11) Hayes Carll; Drunken Poets Dream; Trouble in Mind
12) Son Volt; Bandages and Scars; Okemah and the Melody of Riott
13) John Prine; A John Prine Christmas; A John Prine Christmas

December 14th, 2008

Hi All,

The playlist for the the 14th went like this...

1) Andy Griffith (yes, that Andy Griffith); Mama Guitar; Oxford American Music Collection (2006)

2) Maura O'Connel; Western Highway; Helpless Heart
3) Redbird; Ships; Redbird
4) Charlie Parr; Gone; Rooster

5) Ollabelle; Before This Time; Ollabelle
6) The Infamous Stringdusters; Fork in the Road; Fork in the Road
7) Tim O'Brien; Pretty Fair Maiden in the Garden; Fiddler's Green

8) John Prine; Silent Night All Day Long; A John Prine Christmas
9) John Prine; I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Clause; A John Prine Christmas
10) Robert Earl Keen; Merry Christmas From the Family; Gringo Honeymoon

Three songs from the Dan Zane's cd Parades & Panoramas--a cd full of songs from the American Songbag, edited by Carl Sanburg

11) Titanic
12) Wanderin
13) The Midnight Train

14) Redbird; Hold On; Redbird

Thanks for listening...and Happy Holidays

December 7th, 2008

Hi Folks,

Mentioned the new Dennis Lehane book on today's show (The Given Day)--really is a great read. The playlist for the 7th went like this...

1) Wilco & Billy Bragg; Ingrid Birgman; Mermaid Avenue

2) Jonatha Brooke (with Keb Mo); All You Gotta Do is Touch Me; The Works
3) Sarah Lee Guthrie & Johnny Irion; Holding On; Exploration
4) Greg Brown; Who Woulda Thunk It; Red House 25

5) Hank III; I'm a Long Gone Daddy; Timeless
6) Pieta Brown; This Land is Your Land; itunes single
7) Peter Case; A Working Man Can't Get Nowhere Today; Tulare Gold
8) Emmy Lou Harris; If You Were a Bluebird; Bluebird

9) The Flatlanders; Right Where I Belong; Now Again
10) John Hiatt; Lift Up Every Stone; Crossing Muddy Waters
11) Robert Earl Keen; Rolling By; No Kinda Dancer

12) John McCutcheon; Boob on TV; Politics, Love, and Other Small Miracles
13) Mustard's Retreat; Faded Blue and Gold; The Wind and the Crickets
14) Robert Earl Keen; No Kinda Dancer; No Kinda Dancer

November 30th, 2008

Hi All,

Had another new show on this week...and once again seem to have misplaced the playlist. Perhaps a good New Year's resolution on my end will be to keep better track of these darn things. I do know the show featured three songs from the new Jonatha Brooke cd, The Works. It's an excellent new release featuring previously unpublished Woody Guthrie lyrics arranged and performed by Brooke.

The project and performer were recently featured on NPR 's Weekend Edition